History WesternAnimation / TheCroodsANewAge

* FireForgedFriends: [[spoiler:Grug and Phil hate each for a majority of the movie until both of their strengths (Phil's inventiveness and Grug's literal rhino-like strength) fail to free them from the Punch-Monkey's prison. After verbal blows and getting spat from the Spiny Mandrill they become Banana-Bros!!]]

* CoolGarage: Phil hangs out in a cave of gysters like it's a steam room.

* CluckingFunny: The chicken seals are known for their screams. An unlucky Thunk accidentally throws a stick in one's eye, causing it to scream and chase him.

* SpiritualSuccessor: The climax of the film [[spoiler:involves humans and their former animal enemies (the Punch-Monkeys) working together to fight a massive apex predator that has enslaved the animals to gather food for it from their human neighbors or be eaten themselves, with the use of fire and dropping the monster to its doom. This is similar to ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainyourDragon'', another Chris Sanders-affiliated Dreamworks Animated movie.]]

* FanDisservice: When Gran announces the newest iteration of the Thunder Sisters, she rips off her pelt, revealing her ChainmailBikini. While she's surprisingly muscular under her usual outfit, she's still an old lady. An old lady ''without her wig.''

''The Croods: A New Age'' is a 2020 animated film by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, a sequel to 2013's ''WesternAnimation/TheCroods''. It is directed by Joel Crawford. Set sometime after the original film, the Croods have been searching for a new home. Father Grug Crood is aggravated by his oldest daughter Eep's plans to move away and start a new pack with her 'modern' boyfriend Guy. Along the way they meet another family of humans: Hope and Phil Betterman, who are old friends of Guy's deceased parents. Phil and Hope allow the Croods to move in with them, though they are truly interested in keeping only Guy as a mate for their daughter Dawn. Despite the intentions on match-making, shy Dawn befriends the rebellious Eep while her parents scheme and manipulate Grug and Ugga.

* BaldWomen: Gran [[TheReveal reveals]] that she is actually bald, and that her "wig" is actually a pet named "Wigasus" (sort of a cross between a possum and a flying squirrel).

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Gran gives everyone "new tribe names" before the final battle. She names Sandy "Seeker", Eep "Fire Heart", Ugga "Blood Horn", Thunk "Thunk", Dawn "Sister Sunset" and Hope "Bog Water". Hope is skeptical at first.
-->'''Hope''': My name's "Bog Water"?
-->'''Gran''': I thought of it before you had cool hair.
-->'''Hope''': '''I am''' BOG WATER!!!

** The Croodss super-strong clumsiness causing them all to accidentally break through the Betterman's thatched walls.

* SeriesContinuityError: The story adds two things to the characters that don't add up to the first movie, and RuleOfFunny doesn't explain them all: Grug says he hasn't seen a banana since childhood, while in the original Guy showed up with lots of them to appease Punch Monkeys; and Gran was confused about the concept of a pet being an animal you don't eat, stating that they call those children, only for this movie to reveal she had a pet as a wig.
** Eep mentions she has never had a best friend before; in the prequel series, ''WesternAnimation/DawnoftheCroods'', she had Lerk, [[spoiler:who managed to find them after The End. She doesn't even appear in this movie.]]

* UndergroundMonkey: The punch monkeys from the first movie are expanded upon into an entire tribe of various subspecies. There are now [[KickChick kick monkeys]], [[GroinAttack low-blow monkeys]], [[DeathGlare mind teasers]], [[KillerGorilla brain squeezers]], [[TailSlap tail smashers and stranglers]], and one that has a very creepy appearance with big, bloodshot, staring eyes (called "creepo monkey" in promotional material).

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** The Croods (along with their pets and Guy) still sleep in a pile even though they've left their cramped cave for a more open world, because the open world has more dangers in it.
** In order to create the Betterman's home, Phil devised a method of diverting water from a mountain river to his location. While he was able to make a thriving {{Arcadia}} out of a desert, this collapsed the Punch-Monkey's ecosystem in the process.
** When Phil tries to save himself, Grug, and Guy from the Punch-Monkeys by making spears and fire to use against them, once the monkeys see how to make the tools themselves, they are used against the three.

* FireForgedFriends: [[spoiler:Grug and Phil hate each for a majority of the movie until both of their strengths (Phil's inventiveness and Grug's literal rhino-like strength0 fail to free them from the Punch-Monkey's prison. After verbal blows and getting spat from the Spiny Mandrill they become Banana-Bros!!]]

Originally set for a release on November 3, 2017, the film was temporarily cancelled following Creator/{{Universal}}'s acquisition of Creator/DreamWorksAnimation. However, it was UnCanceled in late 2017 and theatrically released on November 25, 2020. An animated series following up on the events of the film, ''Recap/TheCroodsFamilyTree'', premiered in September 2021 on Creator/{{Hulu}} and Creator/{{Peacock}}.

Originally set for a release on November 3, 2017, the film was temporarily cancelled following Creator/{{Universal}}'s acquisition of Creator/DreamWorksAnimation. However, it was UnCanceled in late 2017 and theatrically released on November 25, 2020. An animated series following up on the events of the film, ''The Croods Family Tree'', premiered in September 2021 on Creator/{{Hulu}} and Creator/{{Peacock}}.

Originally set for a release on November 3, 2017, the film was temporarily cancelled following Creator/{{Universal}}'s acquisition of Creator/DreamWorksAnimation. However, it was UnCanceled in late 2017 and theatrically released on November 25, 2020. An animated series following up on the events of the film, ''The Croods: Family Ties'', premiered in September 2021 on Creator/{{Hulu}} and Creator/{{Peacock}}.

Originally set for a release on November 3, 2017, the film was temporarily cancelled following Creator/{{Universal}}'s acquisition of Creator/DreamWorksAnimation. However, it was UnCanceled in late 2017 and theatrically released on November 25, 2020.

* {{Foil}}: Grug and Phil are both flawed dads, but in very different ways. Both are overprotective of their daughters, but while Grug has learned to let Eep be independent from his CharacterDevelopment in the first film, Phil allows only a shallow idea of independence (like letting her have her own room), but is otherwise too controlling to let her discover things on her own. While Grug is prone to smother his family (can't sleep without a sleep-pile, listens in on Guy and Eep's conversations, is terrified of the two of them leaving), Phil puts up literal and metaphorical walls (the wall around the property, his "pact" with the Punch-Monkeys and his secret man-cave) that alienates them. While Grug hated having Guy around and has tried to keep him away from Eep, Phil and his wife have tried to get Guy and Dawn together.

** Much like Guy and the Croods in the first film, the contrast between the Croods and the Bettermans can be read as a take on real relations between Neanderthals and Cro Magnons (albeit with far less genocide). In this case, it creates a contrast between the Croods' old hunter/gatherer way of life versus the Betterman's advancement into farming and domesticating animals. While the Croods have a much more fulfilled way of living as a pack, it is also fraught with ''constant'' danger. The Bettermans live a much safer, more carefree life thanks to technological advancement, but it has left the Cro Magnons to vent their aggression through CondescendingCompassion, their daughter Dawn bereft of real life character-building life experience, or "scars."

* FantasticRacism: While they try to be polite, Phil and Hope come to the conclusion that the neanderthal Croods don't belong in their corner of the world and attempt to get them to leave without Guy, who they think belong with his fellow cro magnons. It isn't until much later do they both come to respect their differences, Hope apologizing and Phil becoming "banana bros" with Grug.

** Eep's 2D Cave drawings segments now resemble the art style of ''WesternAnimation/DawnOfTheCroods''.

* ArtEvolution: No pun intended on the "evolution" word, mind you. This film shows the Croods being much more detailed than in their previous film. Per the norm of the evolving technology, the lighting is far more breathtaking.%%no citation

* {{Allegory}}: Much like Guy and the Croods in the first film, the contrast between the Croods and the Bettermans can be read as a take on real relations between Neanderthals and Cro Magnons (albeit with far less genocide). In this case, it creates a contrast between the Croods' old hunter/gatherer way of life versus the Betterman's advancement into farming and domesticating animals. While the Croods have a much more fulfilled way of living as a pack, it is also fraught with ''constant'' danger. The Bettermans live a much safer, more carefree life thanks to technological advancement, but it has left the Cro Magnons to vent their aggression through CondescendingCompassion, their daughter Dawn bereft of real life character-building life experience, or "scars."

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: When he learns about how the Punch Monkeys lost their water supply, he confidently boasts that he was able to create an oasis by changing the direction of the river from a mountain... before realizing that the same mountain he used to create his home was the one the Punch Monkeys got their water supply from. This promptly turns the Punch Monkeys against him, Grug, and Guy.

** When Phil tries save himself, Grug, and Guy from the Punch-Monkeys by making spears and fire to use against them, once the monkeys see how to make the tools themselves, they are used against the three.

** When Phil tries save himself, Grug, and Guy from the the Punch-Monkeys by making spears and fire to use against them, once the monkeys see how to make the tools themselves, they are used against the three.

* ChekhovsGun: Eep's "peanut toe." [[spoiler:At the end of the film, the Spiny Mandrilla is clinging to Eep's foot, only to show that it was actually holding onto the previously-established peanut toe. The toe comes off and the Mandrilla falls to its death.]]

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Phil doesn't have much of an explanation for why he didn't simply tell the Croods ''why'' they couldn't eat any of the bananas, which Grug calls him out on.

* DinnerAndAShow: [[spoiler:So so many tangled webs. Each couple of the film argues across the table meanwhile Thunk sits innocently eating a flower decoration and Gran, just for giggles, reveals her 'wig' to a terrified Sandy.]]

* InevitablyBrokenRule: The Bettermans have two rules: for Dawn, it's "do not leave the wall." For the Croods, it's "eat anything ''but'' the bananas." For Dawn, it gets broken when Eep takes her over the wall on Chunky's back, resulting in her getting stung by a bee. With Grug, he eats all of the bananas out of spite when he finds out that Phil was trying manipulating him, [[spoiler:causing the Punch-Monkeys they were keeping at bay to kidnap Guy and the both of them.]]

* RealityEnsues:
** The Croods (along with their pets and Guy) still sleep in a pile even though they've left their cramped cave for a more open world, because the open world has more dangers in it.
** In order to create the Betterman's home, Phil devised a method of diverting water from a mountain river to his location. While he was able to make a thriving {{Arcadia}} out of a desert, this collapsed the Punch-Monkey's ecosystem in the process.
** When Phil tries save himself, Grug, and Guy from the the Punch-Monkeys by making spears and fire to use against them, once the monkeys see how to make the tools themselves, they are used against the three.

* MonsterIsAMommy: Eep realizes the Spider-Wolf is only attacking them because she thought her cub was in danger. Once she proves to the pack that they're not dangerous, they become more friendly and join them in their rescue mission.

* SavageWolves: Subverted. When Hope gets trapped in an ice cave, the spider wolves spot her and prepare to attack her. It doesn't help that the rest of the Croods and Bettermans (except Guy, Grug and Phil) draw out their weapons. When Hope notices a spider wolf pup, however, she tells everyone to drop their weapons. It's revealed that the spider wolves were hostile because they were protective over the pup. This trope is double subverted when Thunk starts petting them, causing the adult wolves to attack him. Finally, the trope is subverted again when the Croods and Bettermans tame them.

* SpiritualSuccessor: The climax of the film involves humans and their former animal enemies (the Punch-Monkeys) working together to fight a massive apex predator that has enslaved the animals to gather food for it from their human neighbors or be eaten themselves, with the use of fire and dropping the monster to its doom. Gee, what other [[WesternAnimation/HowToTrainyourDragon Chris Sanders-affiliated Dreamworks Animated movie]] does that sound like?